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Re: Can't start xterm from Cygwin/X icon in system tray
- From: Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum dot mit dot edu>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:28:36 -0700
- Subject: Re: Can't start xterm from Cygwin/X icon in system tray
- References: <806a89db0912300907g4dea8ed9ub32e8f942fb06710@mail.gmail.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
After re-installing Cygwin from scratch, I have determined that this
environment variable is/was causing the problem:
CYGWIN=tty
Once I removed it, I was able to create an X term from the icon in the
system tray.
- Jim
On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 10:07 AM, I wrote:
> I have a very strange situation.
>
> At work, I am running Win XP SP3. ?I installed all the latest Cygwin
> (1.7.1) + Xorg updates, including startxwin.exe. ?Everything works
> perfectly.
>
> At home, I am running Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit. ?I am unable to
> start an xterm from the Cygwin/X icon in the system tray (right-click,
> select xterm). ?Both setups have the same line in .XWinrc:
>
> ? ? ? ?"xterm" ? ? ?EXEC ?"xterm"
>
> I am starting the X server the same way:
>
> ? ?D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe
>
> I do not have a ~/.startxwinrc file. ?The xterm that is supposed to be
> created when the server starts doesn't start either.
>
> The symptom is that xterm.exe is shown running in the task manager,
> but there is no Xterm window on the desktop.
>
> As ?a work-around, I created a shortcut on my desktop to start an xterm:
>
> ? ?D:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/xterm -display localhost:0
>
> That works perfectly, but is not an optimum solution (I try to have as
> few desktop icons as possible).
>
> There is nothing in the /var/log/Xwin log that indicates why an xterm
> would start but not open a window.
>
> Any ideas?
--
Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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